SnoopyStyle
Jared (Paul Walker) and Sam (Jessica Alba) are a young couple trying to scrap up the money to hunt for treasures. Their friend Bryce (Scott Caan) arrives in Bahama with his new girl Amanda (Ashley Scott). The foursome does some diving and find some minor sunken treason. Then they come across a down plane loaded with cocaine. Jared and Sam don't want the drugs but Bryce and Amanda have other ideas. They decide to go back to map out and lay claim to the wreck suspected to be the legendary Zephyr. Only afterwards do they plan to report the drugs to the police. Bates (Josh Brolin) runs a competing professional salvage operation. He and his men are watching. Jared needs real money to hunt for the wreck. Bryce sees a way with the drugs in the downed plane.This starts out fine. It's a lot sun and a lot of beautiful bodies. About halfway through the movie, the escapist fun is all gone. It tries to turn into some tough gritty drug land thriller. It's too hard of a turn and throws me off the trail completely. The characters aren't likable enough to have rooting interest for. Scott Caan does such a good job as a douche that he infects the rest of the group. I didn't find any love for these characters and the fun is all drained out in the second half.
Laakbaar
I have no choice but to give this film a high score, because I've seen it three times now (once in the theatre; twice on the tube), and each time I've enjoyed it immensely.I should add at this point that I am an experienced and obsessed diver and snorkeler, so the underwater setting is part of the attraction for me. The underwater scenes here are vivid, colourful, visually exciting and beautifully filmed. It was like being there.I identify strongly with the character of Jared (Paul Walker). Here is a guy who knows how to handle himself and doesn't put up with any sh*t. If there actually were people like Jared in this world, leading the life he leads in this movie, I would be green with envy. This movie makes me want to quit my job, abandon my responsibilities, book a flight to the Bahamas, and look for someone like Jared to hang out with.The irony is that once Jared has made his fortune, he will look back on his simple island life, complete with dockside trailer and old boat, as the best days of his life.I would have enjoyed a movie just showing Jared and Sam (Jessica Alba), a hot couple living their perfect lives in this Caribbean paradise. However, the drugs story was entertaining enough. And I think it reflects the reality that the drugs trade wreaks havoc on many Caribbean islands.The character of Bryce (Scott Caan) was perhaps the only annoying thing about the film. No redeeming qualities there at all. It's inexplicable that Jared would hang out with someone like this, and that the filmmakers didn't kill him off in the end. Die, Bryce, die!I thought Josh Brolin played his role particularly well. He's an under-rated actor.If you love diving, snorkeling and the Caribbean, or if you just want to look at eye candy (male and female) for 90 minutes, you'll enjoy this film. I don't understand the low scores, but perhaps most moviegoers aren't into diving movies.
brooksduane54
When "Into the Blue" was first released, The New York Times, remaining ever true to its political-correctness dogma, dismissed it as irrelevant. Disregard. "Into the Blue," in reality, is a sexy, stylish, well-paced beach-side/underwater thriller that is positively laden with visual appeal. For the women, there's Paul Walker, showing off an absolutely drool-worthy set of abs and pecs in his Speedos and in his frequently-open shirts (and with his monumentally handsome puss freely displayed in mouth-watering close-ups). For us men, there are (sigh) Jessica Alba and Ashley Scott, lookin' good, good, GOOD in their bikinis and their tank tops and their tight jeans (and there's one SMOKIN' shot of our Ashley lying upon a boat topless with a pant-inducing view of her scrumptious bare feet). For those who just like good acting, there's Scott Caan and Josh Brolin, marvelously roguish and marvelously chilling, respectively, as Walker and Alba's questionable lawyer friend and "Blue"'s chief bad guy. The plot has something to do with Walker/Alba/Caan/Scott trying to retrieve some sunken treasure and Brolin resorting to murder and kidnapping in order to stop them, but, hey, the plot is certainly, definitely not the point. With "Into the Blue," skinthusiasts of both sexes have a near-pitch-perfect opportunity to settle in, sit back and soak up the eminently gorgeous flesh-and- blood scenery.
Angelus2
Jared is a diver who ends up in trouble with a drug-lord whose cocaine has ended up in the bottom of the ocean.This is average action movie, however I'm not sure I'd call it an action movie as there is limited amounts of action. The acting is, actually better then expected, but still poor....I mean Josh Brolin is in this movie...He raises the bar for Walker and Alba, who sink miserably.The cinematography was brilliant, beautiful beaches with wonderful shots of the ocean floor and the its amazing inhabitants...It was genuinely better than expected...I mean, you've got Jessica Alba in water...What else could you possibly want?
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